About Package
Best of Rwanda is remarkable journey through the land of a thousand hills. It will take you Volcanoes national park famous for Gorilla trekking, Akagera national park famous for wildlife safaris, Nyungwe forest national park popular for Chimpanzee trekking and Kivu for water spots
Safari Highlights
Boat Cruise Chimpanzee Tracking City Tours Game Drives Gorilla Tracking Nature Hiking
8 - Day Itinerary
DAY - 1
Arrival Kigali Kanombe International airport to A Kagera National Park
Arrival at Kanombe International airport where you be welcomed by the company representative who will assist you with bags, brief you about the tour and transfer you to A Kagera National Park dinner and overnight at A Kagera Game Lodge.A Kagera National Park is named after the river which runs along the eastern boundary, the A Kagera national park is Rwanda´s answer to the famous savannah reserves of East and Southern Africa
DAY - 2
A Kagera National Park
Be up early and have breakfast and begin the morning game drive in search for elephants, buffalos, elands, Leopard, spotted hyena , lion, giraffe, zebra and many other wildlife species. We will stop for a picnic lunch and then continue with the game drive till evening and return to the hotel A Kagera game lodge in the south .
DAY - 3
A Kagera National Park to Nyungwe Forest National Park
After breakfast, drive out of A Kagera National Park and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park with a stopover at Butare for lunch and later visit the famous National Museum. Then continue to Nyungwe National Park dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge.
DAY - 4
Nyungwe Forest National Park to Lake Kivu
Today Nyungwe Forest National Park opens its doors to sensational chimpanzee tracking. Nyungwe is a true rain forest, it’s one of the oldest forests in Africa and protects largest tract of montane forest remaining any wherein East and Central Africa and it´s rich in diversity, harbouring 75 mammal’s species, 120 butterfly, over 100 varieties of Orchid and highly alluring to birders and botanists and keen walkers.The main attraction of Nyungwe forest is its primates especially chimpanzee tracking.After an early breakfast, start your day early as 5.00am and transfer to the park offices, upon reaching there the guide will handle the paper work, followed by the general briefing by the ranger guide before entering the forest to search for the intelligent and lively primates. The search through the dense forest can take 30 minutes to hours and we you find the chimpanzee, you will spend an hour observing them swing, feed, groom and some time up the tree. Return to the lodge for lunch and later go out for canopy walk which is the suspended bridge walk above the tree tops with panoramic views.
You will transfer to Kibuye dinner and overnight stay at the beautiful lake resort on lake Kivu Cormoran lodge.
DAY - 5
Lake Kivu / Gisenyi
Have a relaxed breakfast and later do optional boat ride on lake Kivu with an amazing view then drive to Gisenyi to another lake resort on the northern side of the lake called Kivu Serena Hotel for lunch, dinner and overnight stay.
DAY - 6
Gisenyi to Volcanoes National Park
After an early breakfast, you will drive to Volcanoes for the first gorilla trekking.Upon reaching, the park offices, your guide will do the paper work and you will be assigned gorilla family to visit. Venture into Virunga rain forest with the expert tracker the park ranger to find the assigned gorilla family. spend an awe -inspiring hour with the gorilla family in their natural habitat once life time experience. Later return to the lodge Mountain gorilla view lodge or Singita for luxury lodge dinner and overnight stay.
DAY - 7
Volcanoes National Park
Be up early for breakfast and transfer the Volcanoes National Park for the second gorilla trekking, return to the lodge freshen up, have lunch and later transfer to Kigali dinner and over night at Kigali Serena Hotel
DAY - 8
Kigali Serena Hotel to Kanombe International Airport
Have calmly breakfast and transfer to the air port for your departure flight and the marks the end our safari, be our ambassador .
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